BACKPAIN CLINIC

Back pain is symptom possibly occurring to all people. There are evidence supporting that all people must have at least a back pain that need treatment once in their lives because human being is the only animal that spine is perpendicular to gravity. When standing or walking, muscle that supports the spine must work very hard causing back pain finally.

Back Pain Clinic provides full services of knowledge, treatment, prevention, and therapy. Chronic back pain treatment supports variety of service, for example, conservative treatment (non surgery) and surgical treatment.

Back Pain Clinic provides conservative treatment (non surgery) and looks after chronic pack pain patient from accident by specialized physician and nurse with suggestion about accurate daily posture and physical therapy to relieve the pain.

Spine illnesses are as follows:

• Intervertebral Disc Displacement
• Intervertebral Disc Deterioration
• Spondylosis and Herniation Disturbance on Median Nerve
• Narrowness of Spine Cavity
• Spine Displacement
• Spine Misshape, for example, Scoliosis and Kyphosis
• Spine Tumors
• Spine Infection
• Spine Injury from Accident

Non Surgery treatment

• Weight reduction, alcohol and cigarette quit and adjusting to appropriate daily activities
• Putting ice or hot pack on the pain area by using ice in plastic bag and wrapped with small towel or using the small towel dipping hot water for 10-15 minutes. Or using hot pack 4 minutes turning with cold pack 1 minute. Or using analgesic gel to relieve the pain
• Taking medicine, for example, inflammation reduction medicine, analgesic medicine, vitamin B, medicine activating cartilage produce

Physical Therapy: To relieve the pain, for example, stretching back, back steam with high temperature, wearing brace, and abdomen muscle and back muscle exercise.

Self treatment when facing back pain: Taking rest for one or two days to relax back muscle. The pain will disappear very soon.

There are two accurate sleeping postures

• Lie down on your back, put 2 pillows under knees, let hip and knee set 30 degree
• Lie on left or right side, stretch your legs and put a pillow between the legs
• Do not sleep upside down because the back will be concave and affecting back pain

What is the first medicine to take when facing back pain?

In Thailand, the patient could find the medicine in drug store without prescription. Our suggestion is:-

1. Taking Acetamenophen (paracetamol) to relieve the pain at the beginning
2. If the pain still exists, take NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs which can combine with analgesic medicine. Do not take the steroid medicine unless prescribed by physician. The maximum doze is 5 – 7 days. If the patient is not getting well, or has the other symptom, please consult physician.

Suggestion for not getting back pain again

1. Often exercises
2. Adjust daily activities in accordance with illness and age
3. Hidden illness treatment, for example, Osteoporosis at spine which can be treated

Physician can only make a suggestion, while the prevention must be done by the patient by conducting according to physician advice and taking care of yourself. This will help getting well or relieving the pain.

For more information, please contact 038-921824